But what of the application developer? Some feel that the last time Macromedia thought much of them were in version 6, Dreamweaver MX. That is not entirely true, but I can certainly see where those developers are coming from in so assuming.
I’m going to be very honest here. As an application developer, I didn’t get everything I wanted in this edition. I’m probably not alone in that feeling. But what I did get is worth a loud HURRAH as well as my upgrade dollars. And what I/we did get is the subject of the last articles of this series.
In this article, #11, we are going to talk about application in general and the support for PHP5 built into Dreamweaver 8. And then we are going to embark on the journey that has me the most on the edge of my seat regarding Version #8 and that is XML Integration. In this article and the next one, we are going to talk about it, we are going to learn how to use it and we are going to look at a couple of possible applications for making it worth our dimes.
Let’s do it!
In early 1996, Nancy Gill picked up her first book on HTML and permanently said goodbye to the legal field. She has been busy ever since developing web sites for businesses, organizations and social groups in Central California and occasionally beyond. Nancy has served as a member of Team Macromedia since late 2001, first with UltraDev and then moving to Dreamweaver when the programs were consolidated in 2002. She also serves as Assistant Manager for the Central California Macromedia User's Group.